ZaZ
MrGreen said: Done a test with Villa, great result :)

Thank you for testing!


Gaksital said: @ZaZ , you always meet our expectations for outstanding tactics. thank you. :)

Haha, that's more than I deserve, the tactic isn't even at the top. Thanks anyway!
NoSignal said: @ZaZ  can u add screenshots for player instructions, team instructions and set pieces for underdog team?

Marks dragon dont work for me in portugal league 3. Wanted to try this one


Set pieces are the same as Blue (link in first post), so you can get screenshots from there. Team instructions are below.



Player instructions are those, for everyone possible:
Take more risks, dribble more, shoot less often, tackle harder, mark tighter and move into channels. IW and BPD have stay wider, and IW also has cross less often.
pixar said: Any chance of doing a test on height? For example, I wish to see results when players are 10 cm shorter.

@Zippo @Alexander


Size doesn't matter, it's all about your tactics.
Green 5.0 is the natural improvement of the tactic after new patch. It has the same shape as this tactic because I got inspiration from Yellow, but credits to @Geek for the tweak anyway. I wasn't going to post since it's too similar to a tactic that already got posted, but people seem to love this shape and keep asking me to post it. Green 5.0 SS is a variation that also worked very well, with both CM advanced to SS.





Leave a comment below if you liked the tactic and make sure to share your results. Enjoy!
CBP87 said: It takes 15 - 20 minutes including adding managers to run a 3 team test from start to finish?

My PC sucks. =D
Mark said: Its true @ZaZ you can load them straight in and play them. Also FM20 tactics. I haven't tried FM19 as they were strikerless and would not be so good in this version.

I didn't know, I even converted Blue to FM22 manually. Now I feel dumb.


cptdoggo said: @Mark FM21 best tactics were mostly strikerless as well. This year seems a lot more balanced and realistic when it comes to how dominant a tactic can be. Either that or we haven't found the secret game-breaking formula yet.

It doesn't seem very realistic this year, considering the tactic with the best defense takes over 1.5 goals per match.
CBP87 said: What do you mean? I wouldn't be amending the tactics, just uploading them onto one thread for them to be tested

You would need to convert to FM22 and add set pieces, player instructions and such. Can you load tactics from FM21 directly on FM22?
CBP87 said: If I create a thread, would that count as my allowance of 10 tactics tested??

I think they would want at the very least to have all 10 tactics for plug and play, instead of having to convert it themselves.
CBP87 said: Morning, great work with smashing out these tactics tests. Is there any scope on perhaps testing the top 10 tactics from last year's game? Thanks

I think they will test if someone creates a thread for them.
saycarramrod said: Not sure that it can be a direct comparison - but this being a full 2 stars lower than baseline is seemingly even more important than last year with the 1.4 star differential from baseline tactic.

Can't compare for several reasons:
1. Attribute performance doesn't follow a linear formula, meaning 4 points to change from 5.5 to 3.5 doesn't mean each point is worth ~9% performance.
2. Higher score tactic hides more player attributes, meaning they make playes perform better with worse attributes.
3. Attributes can be dependant of others, like acceleration can be more valuable when you have more pace.

However, it's pretty clear that acceleration and all mobility attributes will have the highest impact on performance this year, just like last year. It's the same for most games about moving agents.
sheso182 said: Could you post an example (screenshot) of the training in preseason and during the season?

Thank you very much, great tactic!.


Same as Blue. Link in first post.
Momow said: Hello, do you have a good tactic for small teams Zaz because I am a big fan of your tactics but it doesn't work with small teams

Thanks! I'm trying to get something that works for any team. Meanwhile, you can try Red (Underdog).
sandy said: tested ZAZ RED , NO HOLLIDAY!!
impressive results congrads MR. ZaZ!! i don t understand why this tactic had just 5,5 pts on test becouse i won easy premierleague with  bad team for my opinion... my plan was complet rebuild squad but the problem was nobody want buy my players :(  first few good transfers was in januar... but for my opinion if Everton like this can win PL.... a little bit tronger team  can do a mirracle... so one  more time very good job and i recommand this tacc for everyone....!!!


Thank you so much! Red is good, but Very Attacking can make the tactic a bit inconsistent (high risk, high reward). Like I used to say last year, any tactic with score 6+ can make you overachieve and win lots of titles, but FM22 didn't reach that yet. I believe we will start getting better tactics in the next few days.
Sane said: Zaz, do you have something interesting new? Looking forward to updating your tactics

I'm testing some novel approaches to see if I get some big improvement, since we already have some relatively good tactics around. I'll be sure to post something new soon, but I'm not in a hurry.
pixar said: We look forward to your tests to identify the most important attributes. What is your plan about this?
@Alexander @Zippo

Thanks for your efforts.


Probably only after the queue is empty.
Mark said: @ZaZ I had a quick look at corners for the top 10 tactics in my testing. Your ZaZ ones on 1.0b were the best followed by Fanecas. I used a copy of your set piece routines with a new tactic and achieved the same proportion of goal assists from corners. I am going to stick with it for future tactics.

I have one more tactic formation I want to test and then I will spend a bit of time playing until the next ME update. At the moment I will probably use Dragons Breath updated with your set pieces. I still think it is more than good enough to get me to the Sky Bet Championship from Vanarama North/South.

I retested Fanecas and it still didn't come close to ZaZs or Dragons Breath.


I am looking for a breakthrough, since I don't think change in roles or positions will increase score much further. I believe I have found some hints, but need to keep testing so I don't post some misleading thing.
"Are you sick of scoring goals?"

Nice presentation there, but that starting line is a bit funny.
Asking or tagging people doesn't help you much in the queue system. If you want to know why a tactic wasn't tested yet, it's more polite to just ask them if something is missing.
Ucan said: Will you try new magics today ? @ZaZ :angel:

I just created a new test league for testing, so I need to re-run the reference tests before I start testing again. After that, my tests will be more accurate, allowing me to get better tactics.
So, AF performed similar to SS, trading a bit of attack for defense? At least we will have options.